Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Curricula We Use (January 2012)

After our oldest daughter, now 7, was ready to move on from Montessori as her core curriculum, we decided to try the classical model of education for her (we have a full Montessori preschool set up in our living room, and while we felt comfortable teaching those materials and extensions, we weren't prepared at that time to add elementary Montessori to the mix). We started when she entered first grade, and her younger sister, then 4, did everything right alongside her. We loosely based our curriculum on Susan Wise Bauer's The Well Trained Mind and supplemented with Singapore Math (Standards Edition) and some classes through a local homeschool co-op. This year, we added Classical Conversations to the mix (we do it at home because our local CC groups were full, but that arrangement has worked out well for us :). We have continued to add bits and pieces, and this frankensteinian approach has produced good results, allowing us to tailor our teaching to each child's strengths and weaknesses.

2 comments:

Stumbled upon here tonight. Your curriculum sounds exactly like ours. My daughter 4 has already outgrown the Montessori preschool curriculum and is now doing CC and Well trained mind approach. We blog at http://theadventuresofbear.blogspot.com